I question the inclusion of the comment, as it appears to appeal to bias, which really has no place in a professional production environment. If keyboard virtuosity is not your thing, then don't take the gig.
It was and is certainly not our intention to cause offense but Rick is obviously somewhat synonymous with a 'more rather than less' style of playing so, slightly unkind juxtaposition as it might seem, it was simply to illustrate what was meant by 'overplaying,' i.e. lots of notes. This is Rick's style and, aside from being truly spectacular, obviously it works very well for him (and Jordan Rudess, and most other prog-style players). In general, though, less is more when it comes to 'keyboard' parts for most styles of modern music aside from the aforementioned progressive rock plus of course jazz. Rick is an old mate and I'm sure his hide is tough enough to absorb the reference in good humor.
Still worse than Wakeman, there is Jordan Rudess. But people don't know him as well as Wakeman.
What other keyboardists are you thinking of?
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I question the inclusion of the comment, as it appears to appeal to bias, which really has no place in a professional production environment. If keyboard virtuosity is not your thing, then don't take the gig.
It was and is certainly not our intention to cause offense but Rick is obviously somewhat synonymous with a 'more rather than less' style of playing so, slightly unkind juxtaposition as it might seem, it was simply to illustrate what was meant by 'overplaying,' i.e. lots of notes. This is Rick's style and, aside from being truly spectacular, obviously it works very well for him (and Jordan Rudess, and most other prog-style players). In general, though, less is more when it comes to 'keyboard' parts for most styles of modern music aside from the aforementioned progressive rock plus of course jazz. Rick is an old mate and I'm sure his hide is tough enough to absorb the reference in good humor.